Fair Work: fighting poverty through decent jobs
The Fair Work Coalition has come together to launch a new campaign to ensure fairness at work for those in low-paid and precarious jobs. The coalition includes voluntary and community organisations, faith groups and trade unions.
A significant group of working people are denied the most basic standards of job security and fair treatment in the workplace. Under UK employment law these people are not classified as 'employees' but as 'workers' or are falsely categorised as 'self-employed'.
The coalition will highlight the injustice experienced by workers in this position and demonstrate that there is an important link between people's employment status and their chances of being in working poverty.
The coalition believes that Government needs to act to modernise the law on employment status and guarantee all working people fairness at work.
Latest coalition news:
Low and middle income earners have suffered a 30 year income squeeze
Low and median incomes increased by just 27 and 56 per cent in the 30 years up to the recent recession, despite the UK economy more than doubling in size over the same period, according to a new TUC report published today (Monday).
Flexible forms of work: ‘very atypical' contractual arrangements
This new report seeks to examine the phenomenon of ‘very atypical' work, looking at the incidence and nature of this form of work across the 27 EU Member States (EU27) and Norway. It also assesses the working conditions of these ‘very atypical' forms of work.
Time to close bosses' cheap self- employment loophole
The Mirror newspaper has launched the ‘Gizza Proper Job' campaign against bogus self-employment. They illustrate how people can be exploited through their employment status.
Inquiry in to recruitment and employment in the meat and poultry processing sector
The recent report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission 'Inquiry in to recruitment and employment in the meat and poultry processing sector', concluded that that a key source of vulnerability is the insecurity caused by a lack of employment protection and rights.
Better regulation has made UK job market more resilient during recession
Employment protections introduced since 1997 have provided extra support for the low paid and working parents without damaging the UK's economic competitiveness, according to a new TUC touchstone pamphlet published today (Wednesday).
Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry
The recent Equality and Human Rights Commission inquiry has uncovered widespread evidence of the mistreatment and exploitation of migrant and agency workers in the meat and poultry processing sector. In their report 'Inquiry in to recruitment and employment in the meat and poultry processing sector' they concluded that a key source of vulnerability is the insecurity caused by a lack of employment protection and rights.
TUC/NUS Campaign for Fair Internships Launch
The TUC and NUS are launching a year of campaign activity for fairer and better internships. The event will mark the launch of;<br /><br />The TUC Rights for Interns Smart Phone App<br />The NUS 'Unfair Unpaid Illegal' campaign<br /><br />The event will feature contributions from the TUC, unions and the NUS, representatives of Interns campaign groups and of course, interns themselves.<br /><br />To register for the event email Joanne Adams at <a href="mailto:jadams@tuc.org.uk">jadams@tuc.org.uk</a>
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